Mental Health Clinician

Mental Health Clinician

• Put young people and families at the centre of everything you do
• Remote WFH positions open to applications from around Australia
• Permanent part time opportunities FTE with options to pick up additional shifts

What is headspace Nationalheadspace is Australia's leading youth mental health organisation. With a national presence and deep community impact, headspace helps young people and their families navigate mental health, work, and study challenges. Learn more at

About the role

As a Mental Health Clinician at eheadspace, you will work in a fast-paced productive and fully remote environment, working alongside young people and their families from all across Australia, delivering phone and online care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate and evidence based.

You will be committed to delivering safe and quality services and be open to continuous learning and professional development. In this role, you will support young people and their families with mild - to complex mental health presentations and work as part of a multidisciplinary team including working alongside Peer Workers.

Roster on Offer

• Shift start and ends times are documented in Melbourne Time.
• Staff can work these hours and be based in other Australian Time Zones and will just need to adjust to Melbourne time which changes every 6 months due to Daylight Savings

Shift Options include:

• 2 fixed team-based shifts Monday - Friday, shift times are a combination of the following times:
• 2:30pm - 1030pm (Melbourne Time)
• 4pm - 12am ( April - October) or 5pm - 1am ( October - April) (Melbourne Time)
• All Rosters include at least one weekend shift per fortnight

What we are looking for:

• eheadspace is looking for skilled mental health clinicians who are passionate about working with young people and their families and are committed to continuous learning, reflection and supervision
• A mental health clinician who is client-centred, uses evidence-based approaches to care, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Someone with strong communication and clinical skills enabling you to build effective therapeutic relationships and navigate complex care systems with confidence and compassion
• Approved tertiary qualifications in an allied health discipline, including social work, psychology, mental health nursing, and occupational therapy; or a Masters in Counselling (minimum Level 3, ACA).
• Eligibility for membership of an appropriate professional body: Social workers are required by the Australian Government Department of Health to be eligible for full membership with AASW. Psychologists, mental health nurses, and occupational therapists are required to have full registration with AHPRA.
• Those with a Masters in Counselling need to have eligibility for full professional registration at a minimum of Level 3 within the Australian Counselling Association scope of practice guidelines.

What we offer

• Attractive penalty rates for evening, weekend and Public Holiday shifts worked
• Competitive base salary ($75,000-$87,000), commensurate with years of clinical experience, plus superannuation and generous salary packaging benefits up the maximum amount (For more information, visit Smartsalary -
• Outstanding leave entitlements with an additional week's leave for shift workers
• A thorough and extensive orientation program to welcome you into the organisation and ongoing inhouse clinical supervision
• Career opportunities and progression is available within the broader Digital Mental Health Programs provided by headspace

• Flexible remote opportunity that allows you to work from anywhere within Australia

• A purpose driven role where you'll make a real impact and feel proud of the work you do

Excited to join us? How to apply:

• Click on 'Apply Now' to see the position description, and to complete your application.
• Your application must include a resume and cover letter telling us why you are the best candidate for the role with a response to the selection criteria from the position description.
• Applications will be reviewed as received, therefore interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
• For more information contact Julia Drysdale - eheadspace Services Manager at

To be eligible for this position you must

• Have a confidential home office and reliable internet
• Be available for infrequent travel to Melbourne as required
• Have the right to live and work in Australia
• Have a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) or equivalent, and/or pass all of the WWCC(s) required for this role (please note that for eheadspace, headspace requires WWCCs for other State/Territories in addition to your Home State)
• eheaadspace Clinicians are required to have submitted all WWCC and have received their home state and QLD WWCC before they can commence employment.
• Satisfactorily undergo a headspace Police Check

headspace is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, celebrated, and can contribute meaningfully. We encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity to enhance the depth of skill and insight within our workforce. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this role and all current vacancies.

headspace is committed to being a child safe and child friendly organisation that recognises, respects, and promotes the rights of children, young and vulnerable people.

headspace will provide reasonable personalisation for all candidates to participate equitably in the recruitment process. Please advise us should you require assistance.